The Republic of Uganda TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECTOR STATISTICAL ABSTRACT 2017/18 FOREWORD Uganda's vision 2040 aims to transform Ugandan society from a predominantly peasant and low-income society to a competitive upper-middle-income country within 30 years. The Vision highlights the importance of industrialisation and value addition in enabling the development of export- led and internationally competitive economy, which is able to spur growth and provide better employment opportunities to Ugandans at large. Therefore, the Sector Statistical Abstract (SSA), is a timely contribution as it comes at a time when the Government of Uganda is implementing its second National Development Plan (NDP) II (2015-2020). There is need to have statistics which will measure progress and performance indicators of the sector. Production of Statistical Abstracts is facilitated by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to meet the diverse data and information demands of the various stake holders. This SSA is the first in a series envisaged to be produced biannually under the auspices of the Plan for National Statistical Development (PNSD) II. Generation, processing and dissemination of up-to-date statistics are crucial management tools that can be used to enhance sectoral accountability, inform budget allocations, guide policy decisions as well as provide credible evidence on performance and specifically on whether a particular project has achieved its desired targets. A number of Sectoral Statistical Committee (SSC) meetings were held in which the format of the SSA was adopted, initial data tables generated and interpreted. Online consultations amongst the production team were then carried out on the initial draft for validation and beefing up. The Ministry shall continue to provide relevant, reliable and timely statistics needed to support evidence-based planning among the stakeholders. We acknowledge the partnership and guidance provided by drafting committee and commends our stakeholders for their continued support as we build a reliable and sustainable statistical system. I hope this publication will meet your immediate information demands in the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Sector. Buy Uganda, Build Uganda OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COOPERATIVES i | P a g e Table of Contents FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................... i ACROYNMS ................................................................................................................................................. vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... viii INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 INTERNAL TRADE ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Index of Production - Manufacturing .................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Businesses per Sector ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Location of Businesses ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Labour Market (Employment)............................................................................................................. 7 1.5 Employment in Businesses by Gender Dimensions ............................................................................ 7 1.6 Turnover of Businesses ....................................................................................................................... 8 1.7 Nature of Businesses ........................................................................................................................... 9 1.8 Nationality of Business Ownership ................................................................................................... 10 1.9 Life span of Business in the Country ................................................................................................. 11 1.10 The Business Environment .............................................................................................................. 11 1.11 Businesses in the Trade Sub-sector ................................................................................................ 13 1.12 Businesses in Manufacturing .......................................................................................................... 13 2.0 MICRO, SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSME) .................................................................................. 15 2.1 MSMEs Establishments ..................................................................................................................... 15 2.2 Sectors in MSMEs .............................................................................................................................. 15 2.3 Value-added from MSMEs ................................................................................................................ 16 2.4 Sector Value-added from MSMEs ..................................................................................................... 17 2.5 Employment by MSMEs .................................................................................................................... 17 2.6 Sector Labourforce Employed by MSMEs ......................................................................................... 18 3.0 EXTERNAL TRADE .................................................................................................................................. 19 3.1 Trade Position ................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Main Commodity Imports ................................................................................................................. 20 3.3 Formal Imports by Regions ............................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Countries of Imports from the Asian Continent ............................................................................... 22 ii | P a g e 3.5 Uganda’s Export to the Regional Blocs (2005/06 – 2016/17) ........................................................... 23 3.6 Destination of Uganda’s Exports in COMESA.................................................................................... 24 3.7 Composition of Uganda’s Merchandise Exports ............................................................................... 25 3.8 Market Distribution in EAC ............................................................................................................... 26 3.9 Informal Cross-border Exports .......................................................................................................... 27 3.10 Top 10 Export Destinations of Uganda’s products, 2017/18 .......................................................... 28 3.11 Exports to GDP ................................................................................................................................ 29 3.12 Export Import Ratio......................................................................................................................... 30 4.0 INDUSTRY .............................................................................................................................................. 31 4.1 Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) ........................................................................................ 31 4.2 Manufacturing Composition ............................................................................................................. 32 4.3 Manufacture value added ................................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Manufactured Exports in Total Exports ............................................................................................ 34 4.5 Manufactured Exports to GDP .......................................................................................................... 35 4.5 Medium and high-tech exports (% manufacturing value added) ..................................................... 36 4.6 MVA per Manufacturing Establishment ........................................................................................... 37 4.7 Industrial Drivers ............................................................................................................................... 37 4.8 Producer Price Index – Manufacturing ............................................................................................. 39 5.0 STANDARDS ........................................................................................................................................... 40 5.1 Standards Development ................................................................................................................... 40 5.2 Equipment Verification ..................................................................................................................... 41 5.3 Calibration of Equipment .................................................................................................................